The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-12-03

4ne Inilauctpnla truss factories
turn out over 200.0Oo trusses per year.
Expert girls making the first quail
ity OF mems linen collars can. in the
Troy factories, for instance. earn from
$25 to &S5 per week.
1T has been ascertained that q
numbing action, similar to that of
cocaine. - produced by the external
application to the body Of the we'll
known Intoxicating drink of the South
Sea Islanders called kava-
Some unpublished letters from
Luther to Brenz and five from Melsnc-
thon to the Swabian reformer Lach-
mann have been found in an old desk
In . school at Heilbronn.
The respectable sum of $50. a
year is expended by the government Of
Cuba for chemical analyses in cases of
suspected poisoning and all kinds of
modico-legal Investigations. -Arkan-
sGU Traveller.
The interest on the legacy of ten
thousand dollars, bequeathed to the
Paris Academy of Sciences by Giffard.
the well known inventor, will be used
to assist worthy men of learning who
are in temporary financial straits
MIR. G. Murray, who recently made
a botanical trip to the West Indian
island Of Grenada, found the razor
grass in one place SO thick and sharp
thatin passing through it his hands. face
and wrists were scanned with bleeding
cuts.
Recent delicate scientific expert
ments have discovered the fact that the
surface Of the land is never absolutely
at rest for more than thirty hours at a
time. Thus, those great earthquakes
which make epochs in history are more
~ extreme cases of forces that seldom
sleep. Public Opinion.
How much rain must fall in the
coarse of the day to make it a rainy
day In the meteorological senseP This
question has been discussed good
deal by persons interested in weather
science, but not yet determined authori-
tatively. The weight of opinion seems
to be that rainfall amounting at
least to the one-hundredth part Of an
inch is necessary to make rainy day.
IN T. Ledger.
During the past season so. 0O0. 900
cuSumbers have been picked in one
factory at Fredericksburg. Va One
acre will produce on an average 100,-
900 cucumbcrs. and they sell readily
in the city at 80 cents per 1000 They
arc usually picked when not more than
an inch or an inch and half long.
One person can gather In 5000 in a
day.
The Pruss:an society for the pro
motion of industry has offered two
prizes, the competition for one to close
with 1887. and for the other with 1888.
The first prize is about $3.50, for the
most exhaustive critical comparison Of
all kinds Of existing bronze. tombac
and brass alloys, used or recommended
for machinery; the second is 1850 for
the best work on light and heat radi-
alton Of burning gases. -ArkansGu
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+n.o-v ,hss s 80. 81 a .:s PIT LII ,;s'.,a
rsrerste., ~ ~. Sson,s,.as;.; 1870 49, :.
ssr;o- vsrs,.t;cn - r. sso,a. - 80
h;ch1v chsrr.J ,v,th ..rh~n;s Ia
Tbs carbon e the ;s,,v,I;ra mass ;ns,
S,r,red after .n.s.;rg throuch vsr;ons
transformation into asphalt, petrol
cum, bitumen, etc., finally assumed the
form of coal. The author cites various
facts connected with the occurrence of
coal which, he thinks are better ex-
planned on this theory than by the
usual one. Public Optaion.